Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms
Developmental models of psychopathology posit that exposure to social stressors may confer risk for depression in adolescent girls by disrupting neural reward circuitry. The current study tested this hypothesis by examining the relationship between early adolescent social stressors and later neural...
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| author | Melynda D. Casement Amanda E. Guyer Alison E. Hipwell Rose L. McAloon Amy M. Hoffmann Kathryn E. Keenan Erika E. Forbes |
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| description | Developmental models of psychopathology posit that exposure to social stressors may confer risk for depression in adolescent girls by disrupting neural reward circuitry. The current study tested this hypothesis by examining the relationship between early adolescent social stressors and later neural reward processing and depressive symptoms. Participants were 120 girls from an ongoing longitudinal study of precursors to depression across adolescent development. Low parental warmth, peer victimization, and depressive symptoms were assessed when the girls were 11 and 12 years old, and participants completed a monetary reward guessing fMRI task and assessment of depressive symptoms at age 16. Results indicate that low parental warmth was associated with increased response to potential rewards in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), striatum, and amygdala, whereas peer victimization was associated with decreased response to potential rewards in the mPFC. Furthermore, concurrent depressive symptoms were associated with increased reward anticipation response in mPFC and striatal regions that were also associated with early adolescent psychosocial stressors, with mPFC and striatal response mediating the association between social stressors and depressive symptoms. These findings are consistent with developmental models that emphasize the adverse impact of early psychosocial stressors on neural reward processing and risk for depression in adolescence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3973cebf51634211bb2415558017e8e92022-12-22T03:35:31ZengElsevierDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience1878-92931878-93072014-04-018C182710.1016/j.dcn.2013.12.003Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptomsMelynda D. Casement0Amanda E. Guyer1Alison E. Hipwell2Rose L. McAloon3Amy M. Hoffmann4Kathryn E. Keenan5Erika E. Forbes6Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United StatesDepartment of Human Ecology and Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis, 267 Cousteau Place, Davis, CA 95618, United StatesDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United StatesDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United StatesDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United StatesDepartment of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, W415, MC 3077, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, United StatesDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United StatesDevelopmental models of psychopathology posit that exposure to social stressors may confer risk for depression in adolescent girls by disrupting neural reward circuitry. The current study tested this hypothesis by examining the relationship between early adolescent social stressors and later neural reward processing and depressive symptoms. Participants were 120 girls from an ongoing longitudinal study of precursors to depression across adolescent development. Low parental warmth, peer victimization, and depressive symptoms were assessed when the girls were 11 and 12 years old, and participants completed a monetary reward guessing fMRI task and assessment of depressive symptoms at age 16. Results indicate that low parental warmth was associated with increased response to potential rewards in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), striatum, and amygdala, whereas peer victimization was associated with decreased response to potential rewards in the mPFC. Furthermore, concurrent depressive symptoms were associated with increased reward anticipation response in mPFC and striatal regions that were also associated with early adolescent psychosocial stressors, with mPFC and striatal response mediating the association between social stressors and depressive symptoms. These findings are consistent with developmental models that emphasize the adverse impact of early psychosocial stressors on neural reward processing and risk for depression in adolescence.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929313001035Parental warmthPeer victimizationRewardfMRIAdolescenceDepression |
| spellingShingle | Melynda D. Casement Amanda E. Guyer Alison E. Hipwell Rose L. McAloon Amy M. Hoffmann Kathryn E. Keenan Erika E. Forbes Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Parental warmth Peer victimization Reward fMRI Adolescence Depression |
| title | Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms |
| title_full | Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms |
| title_fullStr | Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms |
| title_short | Girls’ challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms |
| title_sort | girls challenging social experiences in early adolescence predict neural response to rewards and depressive symptoms |
| topic | Parental warmth Peer victimization Reward fMRI Adolescence Depression |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929313001035 |
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